LACMA

john gerrard: SPIRITS → coming soon @john__gerrard collected 96 worn plastic sandals from beaches around the world, each carrying unknown stories of the people who wore them, and turned them into evocative digital sculptures using “gaussian splats.” SPIRITS is a year-long artwork meant to be experienced in the browser and on your phone, where you can interactively unfold a story of the 20th century oil age. The pieces reveal themselves during four 24-hour events tied to the solstices and equinoxes. One spirit rises every hour on LACMA’s homepage, beginning on the first day of winter, December 21. learn more → bit.ly/4pPldww

Some feasts (for the eyes) 🍽️ We're closed today, but will reopen tomorrow 11/28 at 11am.

Part II of @LadyCactoid's interview with Kiya Tadele of @yatreda is now live! This conversation explores the work they are creating in dialogue with LACMA’s permanent collection for the project Remembrance of Things Future, curated and engineered by @CactoidLabs Learn more ↓ bit.ly/4orapE5

💡Important LACMA Update💡 Tomorrow, Saturday, November 1, 2025, we will close to the public at 1 pm for a private event.

🌵♥️1/4 Cactoid Labs is pleased to announce @yatreda, Vol. 7 of @LACMA's Remembrance of Things Future blockchain initiative, in which pioneering digital artists are invited to respond to the museum’s collection & make new works.

Cactoid Labs’ curator and co-founder, @LadyCactoid, recently sat down with Kiya Tadele, the creative director of the artist collective Yatreda, in conjunction with the project Remembrance of Things Future, curated and engineered by the experimental blockchain consultancy @CactoidLabs Learn more ↓ bit.ly/3WuAC8s

🚨 @beeple's Diffuse Control is coming to LACMA! ↑ With this work, digital sculpture meets shared creative experience. You’ll be able to transform and remix public domain artworks from LACMA’s permanent collection, dissolving boundaries between artist and audience. Opening October 26 | More info → bit.ly/4h5zaTk

you already know what day it is.... #caturday [Ira Martin, Siamese Cat, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin (M.2008.40.1384)]

“Art is long, museums are short,” insists Michael Govan, CEO and director of LACMA. “They are a frame, and they have to keep changing to embrace multiple points of view, new contexts, new indices.”—@ArchDigest ↓ bit.ly/3GlOwVH

Kalli Arte Collective—founded by Alfonso Aceves and Adriana Carranza with their four children—created Familia (2022) during the pandemic as a reflection of their deep bond and shared creative energy. The image shows six family members linked by intertwining arteries—a nod to Frida Kahlo—surrounded by Mesoamerican symbols that honor both their Indigenous heritage and their future. You can see Familia in 'Before You Now: Capturing Self-Portraiture,' opening June 21 at the Vincent Price Art Museum → bit.ly/3HD2KBP

Light, ink, shadow, architecture—Zheng Chongbin’s Chimeric Landscape (2015) is less a painting and more a shifting atmosphere. Ancient Chinese ink traditions meet high-tech materials, creating something that feels both grounded and otherworldly → bit.ly/4kwZS8s

We all LOVE jazz night, and now there’s merch 🎺 🎵 → bit.ly/4jqrWsC

Tune in to this sonically inspired series of films documenting the sounds, rhythms and vibrations that move us to action and change the world. Join us for award-winning filmmaker and writer dream hampton's It Was All A Dream, accompanied by live performances and a post-screening conversation between dream hampton and the film's composer, Stas THEE Boss. Co-presented by Crenshaw Dairy Mart May 3 | 6 PM | Free with RSVP ↓ bit.ly/3GIvaKc

Friday 💫 Kick off the Jazz at LACMA season with the Tony Austin Quartet ↓ bit.ly/42Rxkid

Explore key concepts of Buddhist thought and practice through extraordinary art ✨ "Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia" presents an international survey of 180 masterpieces of pan-Buddhist art—sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects Learn more → bit.ly/435Gglf

Please be advised ↓ We'll be closing to the public today (4/26) at 4 pm in preparation for a private event.

Foster mindfulness, creativity, and resilience ✨ Join art therapist Nadia Paredes for an embroidery workshop inspired by our We Live in Painting exhibition. No prior embroidery experience is necessary; the emphasis is on process and personal exploration. Supplies provided. April 28 | 6:30 PM | Secure your spot ↓ bit.ly/42kJhhk

What do you see here? ↓ In "Figures," Benjamin F. Berlin uses intersecting planes, diagonal lines, and somber hues to analyze movement. At the time of the painting's creation in the mid-to-late 1920s, Berlin was praised for attempting a depiction of the fourth dimension.

wyd this weekend

Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art from the Fondation INK Collection is now open This exhibition highlights experimental works of calligraphic art from modern & contemporary artists. Learn more → bit.ly/3G0Lo10